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Columbia Salmon Managers Issue 2026 Fall Chinook Outlook
The Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish and Wildlife have published their initial 2026 fall Chinook outlook for the shared Columbia, as well as how well 2025’s fall runs up the big river performed compared to forecasts issued at this time last year. To wit: Columbia River Fall Chinook
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2025 Northwest Fish And Wildlife Year In Review

A record run, a record flood. Local salmon restorations, national frustrations. Increasing fees, less paperwork. Commission compassion, commission controversies. Those were just some of the highs and lows when it came to Northwest fish and wildlife in 2025.



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ODFW Commission Sets 2026 Rockfish Limit At 4, Ups Lingcod Bag To 3
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ODFW Wants To Talk To WDFW About Hooks On The Columbia
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WDFW Officers Respond To Record North Sound Flooding
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Colorado Again Asks Colville Tribes For Wolves From Northeast WA; Tribes Have Caveats
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First Upper Klamath Chinook Poached
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2026’s First Salmon Forecast Out: 147,300 Upriver Columbia Springers
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US House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On PNW Pinniped Predation
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OlyPen Wilderness, Wild And Scenic River Bill Advances Via US Senate Subcommittee Hearing
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Federal Fishery Researchers Detail Yakima River Smallmouth Bass, Pelican Studies
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WDFW Launching New Blue Mountains Elk Study
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WDFW Sets Coastal Steelhead Regs For Winter 2025-26 Season
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Coho eDNA Measurable In The Air Along Seattle-area Salmon Stream
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